USADA Chief Executive Officer Travis T. Tygart has taken aim at the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the "global anti-doping system" following Russia's failure to provide the necessary anti-doping information ahead of a December 31 deadline.
Tygart called the situation a "total joke and embarrassment" in a statement:
USADAStatement from USADA CEO Travis T. Tygart on WADA Failure to Enforce Deadline for Russia Data Submission https://t.co/tjY1Imt5iY
As reported by Eddie Pells of the Associated Press, WADA lifted a ban on Russia's athletes in September. Part of that decision required the Russian anti-doping agency, RUSADA, to turn over data and samples, but Russian authorities turned away a WADA team of scientists earlier this month.